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May 27, 2026 from JTA:

"A huge fire broke out Wednesday morning at the Kosher Kingdom supermarket in Golders Green, London’s heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. Firefighters were still working to put out the blaze six hours later.

"Metropolitan Police said Wednesday afternoon the fire was not being treated as suspicious and was 'believed to have been caused by an electrical fault.' But the incident shook Jewish residents who have been on edge for months amid a string of antisemitic attacks.

"The news that Kosher Kingdom did not appear to be deliberately targeted comes as a relief to Jewish residents. The blaze broke out in the same area where four Hatzola ambulances were torched in March, two Jewish men were stabbed in April and a Jewish man said he was attacked for speaking Hebrew this month.

"Prior to the updates from the fire department and police, speculation spread on social media that the fire was electrical, potentially caused by faulty freezers. London has seen an unprecedented heatwave over the last several days, with temperatures soaring over 90 degrees."